Richie Towell Keen on coming back next season

Elephant Stone · 27-04-2011 01:16 PM

Sky Sports:

Hibernian loan star Richie Towell has revealed he would be happy to return to Easter Road next season.

Towell joined Hibs on loan from Celtic in the January transfer window and the versatile defender has impressed for Colin Calderwood's side.

The 19-year-old is well down the pecking order at Celtic and he is ready to hold talks with Neil Lennon

about returning to Edinburgh on loan again.
"I've loved it here and I don't think I could have dreamed of a better club to come to," Towell told the Daily Record.
"It is such a high standard to be playing at and to have featured regularly in a team that has been doing well has been fantastic for me.
"I will go back to Celtic in the summer and have a chat with Neil Lennon and the staff and see what they feel is best for me.
"It would be good if I could come back here - on loan or permanently - but I just want to play football."

I hope Hibs are doing all they can to make this happen. Towell and Booth have been brilliant in the full back positions and I'd hate to see it interrupted.

**hibee92** · 27-04-2011 01:20 PM

good news

**McKenzie** · 27-04-2011 03:09 PM

Petrie, sign him up

***.Sean.*** · 27-04-2011 03:11 PM

I'd like him to stay, though we'll still require a new RB - I reckon Hart will be released and McCann is clearly surplus to requirements.

**Westie1875** · 27-04-2011 03:15 PM

Wouldn't like another loan as it will only help Celtc get a fee for him, if we can sort out a permanent move then great.

**hibiedude** · 27-04-2011 03:15 PM

Great news because he's a very good player who gives his all.

Richie will never force his way into the celtic squad so its time he looks elsewhere for first team football and Hibs are in the position to offer that

**Hibeesb0unc3** · 27-04-2011 03:24 PM

read this early and it's good news as he does try his all and certainly adds something to the team. Maybe not the best at defending but going forward he can offer something and we could certainly make more effect of his long throw in

**blairwallace** · 27-04-2011 03:56 PM

if he moves back to celtic and says the same for them, there'll be angry people here

***Bostonhibby*** · 27-04-2011 05:38 PM

When I look at all the gap fillers - and the true cost of having them - we have had for this key role over the seasons I would definitely find the money to put together a long term deal for this guy as our number 1 choice, over to you Rod.

**~~Woody1985~~** · 27-04-2011 06:08 PM

I think it won't happen as Celtic will probably try and extract every penny from us as we've done to them.

***The Harp*** · 27-04-2011 06:15 PM

Great to read his complimentary quote in the press today:

"I've loved it, it has been unbelievable. I don't think I could have dreamed of a better club to have come to."

Good on you Richie.

Here's hoping a permanent deal can be arranged rather than another loan.

**ancient hibee** · 27-04-2011 06:20 PM

He's a reasonable player but obviously lacks ambition or fancies an easier ride than he would get at Celtic.

Elephant Stone · 27-04-2011 06:32 PM

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He's a reasonable player but obviously lacks ambition or fancies an easier ride than he would get at Celtic.

Hardly. If he's got no chance of making it at Celtic then he'd be a mug not to try start his career elsewhere instead of wasting away behind the scenes.

**ancient hibee** · 27-04-2011 06:37 PM

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Hardly. If he's got no chance of making it at Celtic then he'd be a mug not to try start his career elsewhere instead of wasting away behind the scenes.

If he had ambition he would back himself to succeed at Celtic.Instead he'll settle for second best.

***CallumLaidlaw*** · 27-04-2011 06:42 PM

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If he had ambition he would back himself to succeed at Celtic.Instead he'll settle for second best.

Maybe he realises that going a step back is sometimes necessary to progress. He will know himself if he is in lennons plans, and with Mark Wilson there already and a new under-21 right back joining in the summer, it looks like he isn't. He will know that he is likely to get first team experience here and that we will allow him to move on when the time is right

Elephant Stone · 27-04-2011 07:08 PM

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If he had ambition he would back himself to succeed at Celtic.Instead he'll settle for second best.

If he went back to Celtic he'd be criticised for lacking ambition by going back to take a decent wage and make up numbers. If he knows he has no chance of breaking through then choosing to come and make a name for himself at Hibs shows more ambition than that IMO.

**~~Woody1985~~** · 27-04-2011 07:14 PM

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If he went back to Celtic he'd be criticised for lacking ambition by going back to take a decent wage and make up numbers. If he knows he has no chance of breaking through then choosing to come and make a name for himself at Hibs shows more ambition than that IMO.

yep, see Charlie Adam.

**~~Nando™~~** · 27-04-2011 07:17 PM

"It is such a high standard to be playing at and to have featured regularly in a team that has been doing well has been fantastic for me."

The lad is clearly mental.

**bighairyfaeleith** · 27-04-2011 07:43 PM

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If he had ambition he would back himself to succeed at Celtic.Instead he'll settle for second best.

We're second best to nae ****!!

**IWasThere2016** · 27-04-2011 07:59 PM

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"It is such a high standard to be playing at and to have featured regularly in a team that has been doing well has been fantastic for me."

The lad is clearly mental.

What's the stats since he joined?

**Sir David Gray** · 27-04-2011 08:30 PM

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What's the stats since he joined?

Games that he's been involved in since he signed;

P-12
W-6
D-3
L-3
F-15
A-13
PTS-21

**Cocaine&Caviar** · 27-04-2011 08:31 PM

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Games that he's been involved in since he signed;

P-12
W-6
D-3
L-3
F-15
A-13
PTS-21

Cant argue with a 50% winning ratio.

**~~Nando™~~** · 27-04-2011 08:34 PM

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What's the stats since he joined?

'Meh' in my opinion, nearly half of the games we've played since then have been against St Mirren and Hamilton, teams who we should be humping every time we play them but aren't.The only good teams we've beat are Killie and ICT, we needed Hearts to get a man sent off for us to even come close to beating one of the teams at the top. Dundee United, Celtic and Rangers all humped us.

We underachieve when we're in the bottom 6, we should be challenging for Europe every single season.

**seanraff07** · 27-04-2011 10:37 PM

Great news if he stays longer IMO, if he signed permanently it would be a great bit of business from us as I really rate him. And mind he's still only 19, still got plenty of time to mature and improve, no one has ever really held down the RB position and made it theres since Whittaker left.

**HibeeMcGinn1** · 28-04-2011 10:04 AM

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If he had ambition he would back himself to succeed at Celtic.Instead he'll settle for second best.

Absolute drivel

**Dashing Bob S** · 28-04-2011 01:45 PM

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Absolute drivel

Of course it is. If he had real ambition, he'd be pushing his agent to get on the phone to Pep to get a Barc contract sorted out.

And if he had barca ambition, he'd be at his agent to get on the phone to Jose to get a Real contract sorted out.

**IWasThere2016** · 28-04-2011 01:51 PM

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Games that he's been involved in since he signed;

P-12
W-6
D-3
L-3
F-15
A-13
PTS-21

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Cant argue with a 50% winning ratio.

**IWasThere2016** · 28-04-2011 01:52 PM

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Of course it is. If he had real ambition, he'd be pushing his agent to get on the phone to Pep to get a Barc contract sorted out.

And if he had barca ambition, he'd be at his agent to get on the phone to Jose to get a Real contract sorted out.

Or the Yams